Thanks Ray, that one did the trick. I won't even tell ya what I was trying to use...
-----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: String Manipulation help needed No - that will return "http: This will work better: <cfset theURL = "http://www.cflib.org/foo/goo.html"> <cfset regex = "(http://[^/]*)/.*"> <cfset x = REReplace(theURL,regex,"\1")> <cfoutput>#x#</cfoutput> ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:14 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: String Manipulation help needed > > > Try this, > > ListFirst("http://www.foobar.com/images/screwy.gif", "/") > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Claremont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:59 PM > Subject: String Manipulation help needed > > > I have the following string: > http://www.foobar.com/images/screwy.gif I want to return everything before the third / In other words, I want to retrieve the following: http://www.foobar.com I am sure there is a simple string function. What am I missing? T ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

